On the Edge (2001)
Directed by Anne Heche / Helen Mirren / Mary Stuart Masterson / Jana Sue Memel
Genres - Science Fiction |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Sci-Fi |
Release Date - Jun 28, 2001 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
First seen over the Showtime cable network on June 29, 2001, On the Edge is a compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant. The first segment, directed by Helen Mirren, is "Happy Birthday," in which a straight-A student (Sidney Tamilia Poitier) seeks recourse after she is "quota'd out" of graduate school. Next up is "The Other Side," directed by Mary Stuart Masterson, wherein a scientific genius (Anthony LaPaglia) clones himself upon learning that he has inoperable cancer -- only to find himself and his clone as two points in a romantic triangle. Closing out the program is writer/director Anne Heche's "Reaching Normal," the tale of a bored housewife (Andie McDowell) and her "telepathic twin," an eccentric college professor (Paul Rudd). The best of the batch is "Happy Birthday"; the other two stories are distressingly predictable.
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cancer, clone, graduate-student, love-triangle, professor, telepathy, wife